Friday, April 5, 2013

Quilled banyan tree.

A Banyan tree has a special place in Indian believes and myths. Princes are said to have learnt their lessons from their gurus under the shelter of the Banyan tree. It is considered as a symbol of sacrifice and wisdom. A Banyan tree gives refuge to a whole lot of life forms under its huge protective canopy.

Some people are also like the Banyan , in the way they support and enrich a lot of lives during their life time.Dr Gnanasoundari was recently honoured by Vijay T.V with a life time achievement award for this year's Woman's day. I was requested to make a card for her. The first thing that came to my mind was a Banyan tree. My idea was immediately approved by the president of our woman's wing of our library.

Dr Gnanasoundari was the first president of our women's wing at our library. It was long before I became a member but I still hear about her influence and the changes she has brought about in many people's lives. She has motivated many stay at home women to come out and take courageous steps in their personal and social life that she is affectionately called as 'amma' which means mother.

She started her career as a Gynecologist in the year 1957, Overseeing more than 30,000 deliveries spanning more than fifty years and three generations of mothers. To fulfill her husband's dream to bring health care to people in rural areas living below poverty line she along with her husband worked to establish Dr Kumaraswami Health Center, A multi speciality Hospital at a place called Agasteeswaram in Kanyakumari district, with every mordern medical equipment. Even before the hospital started functioning her husband ,Dr Kumaraswami passed away . Carrying her husband's vision forward Dr Gnanasoundari started the hospital in 1998. She became the President of Indian Medical Center and Director of Dr Kumaraswami Health Center and Dr Kumaraswami college of Nursing.She is also the President of Gnanadeepam Matriculation Higher secondary School at Agasteeswaram . Her contribution to health care and education is unprecedented. She is a living legend and continues to inspire many women not by preaching but by being an amazing example of humility , hard work and gentleness.

I looked at lot of quilled trees on the internet and particularly here on pinterest. . I made a sketch of a banyan tree and then got the impression of the trunk alone on the paper. I cut brown colour card stock for the trunk.

At first I thought of quilling the leaves on the tree individually , later I decided to make chunks of bee hive quilling for branches .

I added some colour in the form of small creatures that live in the shelter of the tree .

Hi Suganthi,Idea is the seed from which everthing else emerges. the idea to use the Banyan tree for Dr Gnanasoundari is the winner here and of course your execution is PERFECT. Thanks for sharing the inspiring story of Dr Gnanasoundari!!

It so so awesome Suganthi the whole idea and your execution of it is so brilliantly done and I just love the beehive quilled branches they give such a natural feel to this banyan tree ..another stunning work from you :)

The tree looks awesome Suganthi. You have done a great job with my concept of using beehive quilling for the canopy in multiple layers like my Tree & Water landscape. Thank you for asking permission.http://ajourneyintoquilling.blogspot.comCHris

Awesome color scheme in the tree canopy...absolutely love the concept of banyan tree and of course the tiny elements added to the banyan... And thanks much for letting us know about the great woman and her service to people...

I love your tree . I am a beginner in quilling. I would like to know how you did the leaves in your tree. I want to make a tree for a birth and I would add the color of sex of the child in a small part of the tree. Thank you!

Hello Suganthi! You´re simply amazing with papers! I´m so in love for your work! You´ll be from now on my quilling guru! A big hug from a lover paper too. xxx Monica :-)www.myloveforpapers.blogspot.com

Namaste Maam! I was really stunned at the beauty you create with paper, without a brush, without strokes of colour..I was searching for a banyan tree image for a short storyfor my blog and found you!May I use your banyan tree images on my blog, with due credits to you?

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